God is the great caregiver of each of us. Psalm 23 is a word picture of David’s view of God in his life: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Can you see God as the shepherd working in your life? Do you see His hand of provision?
President Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States when World War I was being fought. He was the son of a Unitarian minister. He told the story that his elderly father one day was in his carriage, being pulled by a beautiful horse. As he rode down the street, a member of his congregation spotted him and shouted, “Pastor, that horse looks a might bit better than you do.” The elder Wilson replied, “True indeed – I take care of my horse, my congregation takes care of me.”
If we have God’s blessings in our life, perhaps we should look and act like it. If we complain about things that don’t go our way, what kind of message are we sending God about our faith in Him. I will choose to rejoice today in whatever comes my way.
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Phillips Brooks, the great American preacher of the 1800s, asked the operator of a local livery stable for the best horse he had. Brooks explained, “I am taking my wife for a ride and I want the very best for the occasion.”
As the livery man hitched up a horse to a buggy, he said, “This animal is about as perfect as a horse could be. It is kind, gentle, intelligent, well-trained, obedient, willing, responds instantly to your every command, never kicks, balks, or bites, and lives only to please its driver.”
Brooks then quietly said to the owner, “Do you suppose you could get that horse to join my church?”
What a joy it would be if all Christians who joined churches would fit that description.
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